► End of Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine
kyiv and Moscow confirmed in two separate press releases that deliveries of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine had definitively ceased on the morning of Wednesday January 1, after the expiration of a five-year contract signed between the two parties at the end of 2019.
“We stopped the transit of Russian gas, it’s a historic event. Russia is losing markets, it will suffer financial losses »welcomed the Ukrainian Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, quoted by his services.
“Since 8:00 Russian gas has not been supplied for transit through Ukraine”indicated for its part Gazprom, the Russian gas giant.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski welcomed the change, considering it “a new victory” on Moscow, while Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who remained close to the Kremlin, warned against his “ drastic impact ».
► Russian attack on downtown kyiv
One person was killed and seven others injured in kyiv by an attack by Moscow, which launched a wave of 111 drones on Ukraine for New Year’s Day.
“One person was killed following an enemy attack on kyiv. The number of injured increased to 7, including two pregnant women”indicated the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office in a press release published on Telegram.
► Zelensky’s New Year’s address: “May 2025 be our year”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Tuesday evening, in his New Year’s address to the Nation, that his country “would do everything” to end the war with Moscow in 2025.
“Let 2025 be our year. The year of Ukraine. We know that peace will not be given to us as a gift, but we will do everything to stop Russia and end the war.”he declared in his speech broadcast on social networks.
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